Machine for making wire-solder



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No. 312,598. Patented Feb. 17, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @EEicE.

EDMUND L. YOUNG AND LUGIUS DYER, OF MILLBRIDGE, MAINE.

MACHINE FOR MAKING WlRF-SOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,598, dated February 1'7, 1885.

Application filed May 31, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that WOFEDMUND L. YOUNG and LUOIUS DYER, citizens of the United States, and residents of. Millbridge, in the county of VV-ashington and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Wire Solder; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the 7 same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a central longitudinal vertical sectional view on line a: m, Fig. 2, of our improved machine or apparatus for making wire-solder. Fig. 2 isa top or plan view of the same. ti-onal view. Fig. iis' a detail view, on an en-. larged scale, of one of the escape-spouts. Fig. 5 is a detail view, on a large scale, of one of the valves, with its operating-rod. Fig. 6 is a front view of one of the posts or uprights supporting the axle of the molding-wheel; and Fig. 7 is a detail view, onan enlarged scale, of a portion of the rim of the molding-wheel.

' The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to an improved machine or apparatus for manufacturing wiresolder; and it has for its object to construct a device in which this kind of solder may be manufactured by a continuous operation, and in which the pressure may be regulated to any desired extent, so as to cause the molten metal to escape from the kettles or crucibles at any desired degree of speed, substantially as we shall now proceed more fully to describe, and point out in the claims.

In the drawings, A designates a suitablyconstructed furnace the upper edge or rim of which is arranged to support two kettles or crucibles, B B, arranged adjoining each other, as shown, and connected by a central basin, 0, having an upwardly-extending tube, D. The kettles B B are connected with'the basin 0 by means of openings E E, which are screwthreaded, as shown, so as to receive the valves FF, which consist simply of screw-plugs having Vshaped incisions or indentations G and upwardlyextending rods or handles H, by

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical secmeans of which they may be conveniently manipulated, the said handles extending up wardly through the contents of the kettles or crucibles and to a point where they may be conveniently reached and manipulated. It will be seen that by this construction by operating either of the valves the contents of either kettle may be permitted to escape at any desired rate of speed into the central'basin and the tube connected therewith.

I is the tubeor spout, extending from the basin C in a forward direction through the furnace and terminating some distance beyond 6 5 the front wall of the latter, where it is provided with a plug, J. (Clearly shown in Fig.

4 of the drawings.) The front end of the said tube I is provided with one ormore upwardly extending necks, K K, directly below which the escape-nozzles L L are located. The said nozzles consist simply of nipples M, having flanges N, pointed ends 0, and screw-threaded shanks P, which latter are threaded interiorly, so as to receive the valves Q, which latter consist of screw-threaded plugs having /-shaped recesses B, that serve to admit of the passage of the molten metal in any desired quantities through the plugs or nipples, the said valves being operated by means of the rods orhandles S, extending upwardly through the tubes K.

At the front of the furnace are located the standards T T, one of which is shown in detail. in Fig. 6 of the drawings, and the upper ends of which serve to support a shaft, U, carrying at itsouter end a band wheel or pul ley,V, to which the motive power is imparted, and having at its inner end'a wheel, V, the rim or periphery of which is provided with one or more annular grooves, X X, which may be either V-shaped, U shaped, or of any other suitable shape in cross'section, as shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings, and of which there may be any desired number corresponding with the number of escape-nipples of the tube I, and located directly under the said nipples.

Y is a gage or indicator consisting of astem,

Z, the lower end of which is provided with a float, A, and which is suitably indexed or no of which it will project, so as to indicate at a glance the height of the molten metal in the said tube, and consequently the pressure which regulates the rate of speed at which the metal will escape from the crucible.

The operation of our invention is as follows: The metal 01' alloy of which the solder is to be formed is placed in the kettles or crucibles and melted, after which it is allowed to run to from one of the crucibles into the basin 0, where it is allowed to rise to such a height that it shall pass through the outlet-tube I at the desired rate of speed. The valve or valves Q are then opened, the molding-wheel W being meanwhile revolved by proper machinery, so as to receive in its grooves X X the molten metal as it passes from the furnace. Then the first crucible has been exhausted, we draw the metal from the second one, and while this is being used a new supply may be melted in the first crucible, thus enabling us to continue the operation continuously for an indefinite length of time.

It is obvious that any suitable means may be employed for cooling the molding-wheel, in order to cause the metal poured therein to congeal almost instantaneously, after which it may be cut off in suitable lengths, or wound, twisted, or otherwise disposed of. Thus, for

3,0 instance, the rim or tire of the said wheel may be made hollow, and supplied in any suitable manner with a continuous flow of cold water,

which will have the desired effect.

Having thus described our invention, we

3 5 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In a machine for making wire-solder, the combination, with a suitably constructed furnace, of a pair of kettles or crucibles connecting with a central basin or receptacle having an upwardly-extending tube or flue and suitably-constructed valves, whereby the flow of molten metal from the said kettles into the said central basin may be controlled and regulated, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a machine for making wiresolder, the combination, with a series of crucibles, of a central receptacle, suitably-arranged valves for controlling and regulating the fiowof molten metal from either of the said crucibles into the central basin, and a gage or indicator arranged in a flue extending upwardly from the central basin and serving to indicate the height of molten metal in the latter, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a machine for makingwiresolder, the

combination, with a series of crucibles, of a central basin or receptacle, and screw-threaded plugs or valves working in openings that connect the crucibles with the central basin, and provided with V-shaped incisions and with operating rods or handles that extend upwardly through the contents of the crucibles to a point at which they may be conveniently reached and manipulated, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. v

4. In a machine for making wire-solder, the combination, with a series of crucibles, of a central basin or receptacle connected with each crucible of the series, and an escape tube or passage extending from the said basin outwardly through the furnace, and provided at its outer end with spouts or nipples and with upwardly-extending tubes adapted to accommodate the operating rods or handles of valves serving to close or to regulate the flow of molten metal through the said nipples, substantially as set forth.

5. In a machine for making wire-solder, the combination, with suitable melting devices and valves for regulating the flow of the molten metal, substantially as described, of an escape-tube extending through the furnace, and-provided at its front end with flanged in ternally-threaded nipplesand plugs orvalves for the latter, having V-shaped incisions, and provided with operating-rods that extend upwardly through tubes upon the upper side of the escape-passage, substantially as set forth.

6. In a machine for making wire-solder, the combination of a smeltingfurnace, a series of crucibles, a central basin or receptacle communicating with each crucible of the series, having an upwardly-extending fine, a gage or indicator placed in the said flue, means for regulating the flow of metal from the crucibles into the central basin, an escape-passage extending from the central basin outwardly through the furnace, escape nozzles at the front end of the said passage, suitable regulating-valves, and a molding-wheel arranged under the said nozzles, and having suitablyshaped grooves corresponding therewith,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

our own we have hereunto affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND L. YOUNG. LUOIUS DYER.

Witnesses:

LYCURGUS WAsGATr, GEORGE B. LEIGHTON.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as 

